5 Times Social Media Helped Catch a Killer
A simple click or post has saved several lives
It’s a common occurrence, especially in our modern age, for police departments to update their cities on websites such as Twitter about existing open cases. This allows for individuals in the community to stay alert and report anything that could potentially solve the case. While it’s very possible that police get overwhelmed with the amount of information they receive, getting individuals to help solve a case has done a lot of good.
A 2016 study shows that 76% of United States police departments use social media to solicit tips on any crime. They also use it for monitoring public sentiment and intelligence gathering.
Similarly, in a world where people want to share and post things for their friends to see, it’s easy to get carried away and forget that social media profiles (even when they’re private) are not that hard to access; Especially when you have the tools and computers that police departments do. Here are 5 times social media aided in solving criminal cases.
